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| Born | 31 March 1991 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski (born March 31, 1991) is a Canadian rower. [1] [2] Gruchalla-Wesierski's hometown is Calgary, Alberta. [1]
Gruchalla-Wesierski was originally an alpine skier, however a broken leg injury resulted in her switching to rowing. Gruchalla-Wesierski made her national team debut in 2018. [1]
In 2019, Gruchalla-Wesierski was part of the eights boat, finishing in fourth at the World Championships and qualifying Canada the boat for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1]
In June 2021, Gruchalla-Wesierski was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team in the women's eights boat. [3] [4] At the Olympics, the boat won the gold medal, Canada's first in the event since 1992. [5] [6]
Carling Zeeman is a Canadian rower. She competed at several World cups, international events, along with the 2015 Pan American Games. Zeeman is a former world championships silver medallist in the women's quadruple sculls event. More recently she won gold in the women's single sculls at World Rowing Cup I regatta in Varese, Italy, and a silver at the 2017 World Rowing Cup 3 regatta in Lucerne Switzerland.
Christine Faith Roper is a Canadian rower.
Susanne Grainger is a Canadian rower. She was part of the team that won the silver medal in the Women's eight competition at the 2014 World Rowing Championships.
Lisa Roman is a Canadian rower. She was part of the team that won the silver medal in the Women's eight competition at the 2014 World Rowing Championships.
Canada competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1900, Canadian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for United States-led boycott.
Jessica Sevick is an Olympian and National Team Rower from Canada. Sevick was the Pan American Games Champion when she won gold in women's single sculls at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima. She studied neuroscience at the University of British Columbia where she competed on the UBC Thunderbirds rowing team.
Canada competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Kristen Kit is a Canadian multi-sports athlete, who competes as a coxswain in both women's eights and mixed coxed four rowing events, and who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team InstaFund La Prima in road bicycle racing.
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Luke Gadsdon is a Canadian rower.
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Madison Mailey is a Canadian rower.
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Avalon Wasteneys is a Canadian rower. Wasteneys's hometown is Campbell River, British Columbia and she resides in Victoria, British Columbia.
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